Spasenie

Spasenie is a Belarusian Christian and pop rock band from Brest, which was created in 1989.[1][2]

Spasenie
Igor Mukha, Dave Geer, Pavel Shelpuk, Mike Choby (from left to right) from Spasenie in 2011
Igor Mukha, Dave Geer, Pavel Shelpuk, Mike Choby (from left to right) from Spasenie in 2011
Background information
Also known asСпасение
OriginBrest, Belarus
GenresChristian rock, pop rock
Years active1989 – present
LabelsMusic Center C, Новое Христианское Творчество
MembersIgor Mukha, Pavel Shelpuk, Peter Semenuk, Mike Choby, Dmitriy Golodko
Websitespasenie.com

History

The band was formed in August 1989,[3] when around a guitarist, a violinist, a saxophonist (young musicians gave an impromptu concert in Brest city’s central park) spontaneously gathered about 150 people. The boys were just playing music, and suddenly, after the ending of one of songs, they heard applause behind themselves. Touched, the players realized that there is a need to come together in a band.[4]

In the same year, they started to rehearse, wrote first songs and, a few months later, were invited to tour across Yakutia.[4]

To its 17th anniversary, the band gave a big concert with the orchestra at the Palace of the Republic, which recording was released on the DVD "17 Live" in 2006.[4]

A feature of the band is that music is written by not one but all members.[4]

The band has been very often toured abroad: with performances, musicians attended the Baltic countries, Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Germany, Canada, Russia, the US, the UK, South Korea, South Africa, and more regions.[5][6][7]

On August 3, 2019, the band celebrated the 30th anniversary with a major concert with the orchestra at Lenin Square in Brest.[8]

Name

Band members chose the name "Spasenie" (Russian: Спасение; transl. Salvation) – indicating that they see music as salvation – while on a train to Yakutia in the early 1990s.[9]

The language question

For the first 15 years of its existence, the band sang exclusively in Russian, but with the release of the album Crossing the Jordan, the English language became heard much more frequently in its songs. Vocalist Igor Mukha answered Volha Samusik from Muzykalnaya Gazeta on the language question this way, "We live in Brest. This is actually the border. Its peculiar feature is the mixture of languages. There are a lot of words from Ukrainian, Polish... There was never neither the clean Belarusian nor the Russian language. Therefore, we sang not in the native but in the Russian language. Although I recognize the indisputable melodicism of Belarusian, English is also very musically flexible. If we compare it with Russian, then to sing in the last one is harder because of all these combinations of letters "br," “str," etc. So it was not difficult to switch for us."[9]

Social activity

Every year the band holds the rock music festival-competition "X-Star" (since 2005) and organizes an annual large youth concert in Brest called the "Russian: Город света" (transl. "The City of Light") (since 2009).[10] The participants also oppose abortion.[11]

In 2019 the band together with National Academy of Sciences of Belarus prepared and launched a guided tour "Brest is the city of the Bible."[12][13]

Discography

Albums
  • Хабаровский край (1992)
  • Возвращение домой (musical) (1992)
  • Старые песни (1992)
  • Мой Бог скала (1993)
  • Только Ты (1995)
  • Человек без зубила (1997)
  • Бьют часы (1998)
  • Exit (1999)
  • Летит безжалостное время (2000)
  • ... а Солнце за кормой (2001)
  • Еврейский альбом (2001)
  • Без слов о том же (feat. Igor Rudy) (2003)
  • Кардиограмма (2003)
  • Crossing the Jordan (feat. Tim Spransy and Becky Sharp) (2004)
  • Acoustic (2007)
  • Spasenie (2009)
  • Reboot (feat. Brian Montrey) (2011)
  • Вечные слова (2012)

Compilation albums
  • 10 лет, The Best (1999)

Live DVD
  • 17 Live (2007)

Participation in collections
  • Серебряный граммофон (2006) (All-National TV), (track "Плачет небо").[14]
  • Золотая 20: зима 2007 (2006) (West Records), (track "Плачет небо").[14]

Music videos
  • Никто кроме Тебя
  • Расстояние (2003)
  • На метр от земли (2004)
  • Плачет небо / The Word Was Spoken (2005)
  • Осень
  • Странные сны

Awards and nominations

2006 – Alpha-radio Awards "Russian: Золотое ухо".[15]

2009 – nomination in the contest "Just Pain Folks Music Awards" for the song "... а Солнце за кормой".[16]

2009 – nomination in the category "For Contribution to the Development of Music" at the Annual Gospel Music Association Awards.

2010 – the Radio Brest festival "Russian: Знай Наших - 3": Best Band, Best Frontman (Igor Mukha).

2019 – diploma of the Brest City Council of Deputies.[8]

Band members

Literature
  • А.Р. (2008). "«SPASENIE»". Энцыклапедыя беларускай папулярнай музыкі (2000 экз ed.). Мінск: Zmicier Kołas. уклад. Дз. Падбярэзскі і інш. pp. 292–293. ISBN 978-985-6783-42-8.

References
  1. "Христианин | Спасение". xristianin (in Russian). Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  2. "ХРИСТИАНИН │ Спасение". www.xristianin.org (in Russian). Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  3. Агейчик, Светлана (2005) [2005]. "Альбом "Crossing the Jordan" брестской группы Spasenie совместно с американцами из Crossroads" (in Russian). Muzykalnaya Gazeta. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  4. Перлин, Евгений (2006) [2006]. "Spasenie Нести Бога в музыке". Muzykalnaya Gazeta (in Russian). 49. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019.
  5. "Гитарист Фила Коллинза продюсирует брестскую группу "Spasenie"" (in Russian). Interfax. June 10, 2005. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  6. "Брест : Концерт "Любимой женщине" камерного оркестра филармонии и группы "Спасение"" (in Russian). Virtual Brest. March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  7. Магдысюк, Сергей (December 30, 2009). "Группе Спасение - 20 лет!" (in Russian). Virtual Brest. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  8. Мощик, Сергей (August 4, 2019). "Скрипка со столетней брестской историей. На концерте "Спасения" произошло чудо возвращения" (in Russian). Vecherniy Brest. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  9. Самусик, Ольга (2005). "Spasenie :: В Музыке" (in Russian). No. 23. Muzykalnaya Gazeta. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  10. Мощик, Сергей (August 3, 2019). "Лидер группы "Спасение" Игорь МУХА: "После "Песняров" у нас нет никого..."" (in Russian). Vecherniy Brest. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  11. Зробок, Ольга (May 26, 2005). "Интервью с солистом группы "Spasenie" Игорем Мухой накануне концерта 1 июня в клубе "Реактор"" (in Russian). TUT.BY. Archived from the original on August 30, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  12. Полякова, Виктория (October 25, 2019) [2019]. "Лидер группы "Спасение" Игорь Муха: "Мы выросли в раю"". Брестская Газета (newspaper) (in Russian). 43 (880): 8–9.
  13. БГ (January 17, 2020) [2020]. "В новый год с надеждами и "осторожным, тревожным оптимизмом"". Брестская Газета (newspaper) (in Russian). 3 (892): 8.
  14. ""Спасенне", хрысціянская музычная група (Брэст)" (in Belarusian). National Library of Belarus. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  15. Честнова, Катерина (March 27, 2006). "Артистам добавили ушей" (in Russian). Vecherniy Minsk. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  16. Руткевич, Диана (October 19, 2006). "Группа Spasenie номинирована на премию Just Pain Folks Music Awards" (in Russian). BelaPAN. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  17. "Группа Спасение (SPASENIE band) Биография - Христианская Онлайн Энциклопедия | Портал Христианин Christian.by". encyclopedia.christian.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.